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Honor Flight veterans participate in special ceremony at Arlington

KMBC's Len Jennings reports on a special honor some Honor Flight veterans got to participate in during a recent visit to our nation's capitol.

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Updated: 3:32 PM CST Nov 13, 2013

Honor Flight veterans participate in special ceremony at Arlington

KMBC's Len Jennings reports on a special honor some Honor Flight veterans got to participate in during a recent visit to our nation's capitol.

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Updated: 3:32 PM CST Nov 13, 2013

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WEBVTT 67TH STREET. WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN WE HAVE NEW INFORMATION. HEARTLAND HONOR FLIGHT FLIES VETERANS IN THE AREA TO OUR NATION'S CAPITOL FOR A ONE DAY TRIP TO VISIT MEMORIALS AND MONUMENTS. YOU, THE VIEWER MAKES THIS TRIP HAPPEN. LEN JENNINGS WAS ABLE TO JOIN THE VETERANS ON THEIR LATEST TRIP. THESE WORLD WAR TWO AND KOREAN WAR VETS GOT TO DO SOMETHING NO THESE WORLD WAR TWO AND KOREAN WAR VETS GOT TO DO SOMETHING NO / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / BOB SCHNECK WASN'T SO SURE IF HE FELLOW WWII VET. BOB IN ARLINGTON CEMETARY. SO I'M GOING TO VISIT THE GRAVE. WHAT NATS OF BREAKING NEWS THEY WERE TOLD THEY WERE LAYING THE WREATH DURING THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD AT THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER, A SOLEMN TRIBUTE TO ALL THE VETERANS WHO HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE WREATH DURING THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD AT THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER, A SOLEMN TRIBUTE TO ALL THE VETERANS WHO HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. BOB ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THEN, A FRIGHTENING SCENE. KOREAN WAR VET, DALE KUHN TUMBLES DOWN THE STAIRS. THE CEREMONY WENT ON. DALE PIVOTED, EXPOSING THE BLOOD GUSHING FROM HIS HEAD. AND AS IF TO SHOW ALL OF US THE TRUE GRIT, COURAGE, AND BRAVERY OF THESE AMERICAN HEROES, DALE SAUNTERS PAST THE WHEEL CHAIR AS IF IT WASN'T THERE. DALE LOOKING FOR THE DAMN WHEELCHAIR. ALL I WANTED TO DO WAS COMPLETE THE MISSION. COMPLETING THE MISSION. IT'S WHAT THESE VETS WERE ALL ABOUT. BOB'S SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT PREVENTED HIM FROM COMPLETING HIS MISSION OF FINDING HIS COUSIN'S GRAVE. BUT WE GOT A SURPRISE OF OUR OWN. BOB COMPUTER. A SIMPLE INTERNET SEARCH, SOMETHING MOST OF US TAKE FOR GRANTED, REVEALED WHAT BOB WAS LOOKING FOR. BOB/ HE GOT IT ON HIS COMPUTER. THE TOMBSTONE HAD HIS NAME ON IT AND THE ONE FOR HIS WIFE IS ON IT. MISSION COMPLETED. THESE VETERANS WERE IN FOR

Honor Flight veterans participate in special ceremony at Arlington

KMBC's Len Jennings reports on a special honor some Honor Flight veterans got to participate in during a recent visit to our nation's capitol.